Hart 25 march 2014 My Personal “Othello” I identified with, Shakespeare’s Othello, a black man from North Africa who has traveled the world, been sold into slavery, escapes slavery and becomes a military commander of the Venetian military a guard to a powerful Italian city-state. His status in Venice is very confounded – he's both an insider and an outsider. On the one hand, he is a Christian and experienced military leader,
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was at a friends house, playing basketball in the barn. The goal is very old, and has lots of nails keeping it together. So, one day, the ball got stuck in the rafters of the goal.I jumped up to get the ball loose, and on the way down, a nail caught me in the stomach, ripping my flesh from my lower to upper stomach. When i first came down, I felt a sharp pain in that area. Then when I saw the large, vigorous cut, it made me realize how bad it was. Blood stained my shirt, and the ball. It was a mess
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on Cromwell let’s play fetch. Cromwell loves to run, ‘’hey day we should let Cromwell’s join a class or training. He is very athletic and loves to run. it would be cool letting him do something like this. Also remember that competition that is happening with your dog. Who’s ever dog does the most tricks you could win $1,000. ‘’Why son it will cost too much money, epically with your basketball training. Also we wouldn’t have time, again with your basketball training.’’ ‘’Please dad I beg you.’’ ‘’Find
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had come right down to the wire. “The shot is all yours, good luck,” said my Coach. I was ready. They call it “rising to the occasion” because the pressure of the team is on you. We broke out of the huddle and the crowd let out a loud cheer that rippled through my ears. My hands were sweaty, tense from the mounting pressure of the situation. These are the moments you play for I thought to myself. I inbounded the ball to my point guard Kyle and took a quick glance at the clock, noticing that we had
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In: English and Literature The Basketball Court The Basketball Court Andrew Petticrew ENG 121 Kristy Nelson January 21, 2013 Everyone has their own little spot to escape from the world to feel relief and relaxation. They often go there when they need peace and quiet, or to think about things. The place I got to do this is the basketball court. On the court I feel total relaxation and away from all of my worries. I step onto the hardwood numerous times a week in hopes of alleviating
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and ideas might be logically related. On the surface, my brother and I are very identical, yet we have our own distinctive personalities. At times we may have similar connections, but at the end of the day we are each our own individual (or you could use person) own individual . My twin brother and I love to play extreme sports. My brother loves to play basketball and I football. One day, while my brother was playing basketball at the courtyard, he fell and landed on his left arm and was
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So personally I loved the book "First Part Last " was an outstanding book. If you're a good reader and love to get into the book I suggest that book for you. What kind of stories do you like? Do you like fiction novel, fiction, nonfiction, do you like the stories that make you wanna not stop reading and just keep going till you read the very last word ? The symbol I'm going to relate to the topic “Coming of Age” is Feather. Bobby was man enough to lay down and make feather so he can grow up and
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I choose a passage in Why I write by Joan didion on page 3 the middle paragraph. The paragraph has a deeper meaning than it looks and can inspire people to do what they truly want to do. Didion was a true believer in what she has become, a writer. Didion was a college student who was going to major in English , but thought she couldn’t do college because of the way she thinks. Her way of thinking wasn’t bad at all, she found what she truly wanted to be by her way of thinking. She didn’t recognize
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The Basketball Court Andrew Petticrew ENG 121 Kristy Nelson January 21, 2013 Everyone has their own little spot to escape from the world to feel relief and relaxation. They often go there when they need peace and quiet, or to think about things. The place I got to do this is the basketball court. On the court I feel total relaxation and away from all of my worries. I step onto the hardwood numerous times a week in hopes of alleviating the stressors of life. I love being on the court and having
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happiness and serenity. Moreover, the mode of address in this film is indirect to the audience which was used the third person angle to encode the meaning to the audience. On the other hand, I choose this movie because of few reasons. Firstly, I love the main character- Zac Efron very much. He has acted in many teenage romance films before, for instance, High School Musical 1, 2 and3. After I watched the High School Musical, I admire his out-looking and his acting skills. Therefore, I choose this
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